Also, what happens to all those shiny badges? Those people did earn them, after all. Will they still count towards the combined flair on Area51, for example?
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ЯegDwightSep 15 '10 at 23:44

Is having rep kept in the API when it isn't a site any better than rep being thrown away though? You won't be able to take that rep and view anything about it on the site.
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Rebecca ChernoffSep 16 '10 at 0:27

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The API for a site will not survive the site. Generally, it will be down before then, as the site becomes "dead" even if still accessible for a time. Note that there is no "retired" or "dead" site status in StackAuth.
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Kevin Montrose♦Sep 16 '10 at 2:01

Since the blog announced some (all?) questions can be migrated to android et al., so if the votes are also transferred the rep will migrate, too. But as I said, iff.
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Tobias KienzlerSep 16 '10 at 8:30

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I'm now seeing my Android-related answers from the Gadgets site on the Android site but my Android rep is unchanged.
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Dan DyerSep 16 '10 at 10:04

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You keep the reputation earned on questions and answers that were migrated to other sites. This works like normal question migration: if you don't have an account on the site it was migrated to, you assume ownership (and reputation) at the time of account creation. Votes on migrated posts are migrated as well, and they are cast by the Community user until they're "owned".

As for other ways to recognize of the time and energy spent on Gadgets, we're open to suggestions. One idea is a bronze Area 51 badge for users who had over a few hundred rep on Gadgets.